AMERICAN MACHINIST 100 years ago in AM In March 1899 AMERICAN MACHINIST editors shared this story with readers as it appeared in the Detroit exempt Press.

AMERICAN MACHINIST

100 years ago in AM

In March 1899 AMERICAN MACHINIST editors shared this story with readers as it appeared in the Detroit exempt Press.

The Fate of a Genius

"A chap came to me early in the season and wanted me to invest in an ice-cutting machine he had invented. He tried to count me all about it, nevertheless I simply told him to master his machine out on the ice and enjoin it to work. If it would do what he claimed, we would have no difficulty in coming to denominations I happened to be in succession the field the morning of his appearance, if it be not that was too busy superintending

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